In the meantime, our GOP-run Congress has decided it really doesn't want to know who is making inside trades with foreknowledge of Trump's tweets... because it knows exactly who.

It's crucial to remember that RFK Jr isn't just doing all he can to roll back vaccination & drive up childhood infectious diseases in the US but also WORLWIDE & he's especially targeting children in the lowest income countries He has suspended US funding to Gavi, which supports global vaccination 🧵

Did DHS enlist Big Balls to scrub its lawless image in advance of the midterms? Hmm.

Donald Trump claims he “saved historically Black colleges.” According to college administrators, HBCU presidents and the actual data, Trump is overseeing the worst attack on these institutions in American history.

The emotional trauma inflicted by ICE on our immigrant neighbors is devastating — and often neglected. So it’s really beautiful to see @envfreefund.bsky.social create this support group. (1/2)

The DOJ is now 120 days overdue to release the Epstein files.

A mysterious impostor who claimed to be ProPublica reporter @robert-faturechi.bsky.social reached out to a Canadian official and a Latvian businessman working with Ukraine. So, the real Robert did some reporting of his own.

Sean Hannity, who's been telling people he is no longer a Catholic for some 20 years, announces today that he's no longer a Catholic because he disapproves of Pope Leo's criticism of war.

Trump revived relations with Joe Rogan via an executive order promoting ibogaine and other psychedlcs for therapy. Another big winner: the billionaire Peter Thiel.

The Trump Organisation plans to build a 70-storey Trump Tower in Tbilisi, Georgia, which is currently in the grip of Putin puppet party Georgian Dream, WSJ reports. The skyscraper, featuring luxury residences, retail and a hotel, would be the tallest building in the city.

Narrator: He was merely mildly inconvenienced.

when there are no longer cops on the beat, criminals no longer need lawyers to defend them www.ft.com/content/befa...

So... Witness Tampering, Hindering Prosecution, Obstruction of Justice, and Conspiracy to Commit False Report to Law Enforcement? Nah, I'm just kidding. That's what would happen to you or me. *He* gets to be in Congress and eat at the best steakhouses in DC because nothing fucking matters anymore.

Why does Trump celebrate Charlie Kirk's widow Erika but completely ignores Helen, the wife of Corey Comperatore, the fire chief who took that bullet that was allegedly meant for Trump?

Canada is home to the second-largest Sikh community in the world. This Sikh Heritage Month, we celebrate the generations of Sikh Canadians who have contributed to our shared prosperity, strengthened our communities, and helped build a stronger Canada.

Huge news: the court has entered final judgement in Oregon v Kennedy (HHS trans youth care ban) and has vacated the Kennedy declaration and permanently enjoined its enforcement to target gender clinics. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Go Voyager!!!! Its contents include a sample of global human culture as of its launch in 1977, and a powerful message from a president who believed in its mission, Jimmy Carter.

Oh come on @theguardian.com, no need to over analyze this. It's about one thing: the Pope criticized him. There's nothing deeper or religious about it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded. “This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

UPDATE: The Trump administration is deporting "nonviolent medically impaired grandparents" to Laos over a 33-year-old drug conviction, a decision Judge Tana Lin says is "inhumane" and "cruel" — but says she is powerless to stop. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Whether it’s pictures of Barack Obama reading to a group of children with Zohran Mamdani or it’s pictures of Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein on an island full of sex-trafficked minors, occupants of the oval office are making some controversial choices about who they take pictures with.

Ha! Chronically drunk FBI Director Kash Patel is NOT going to like this new LEGO video. Of course, that assumes he sobers up enough to watch it. 🍺🍸🥃

Isgur is such a fucking hack. the case she’s referring to is one where the 5th Circuit entered a stay and it was appealed to SCOTUS. the case in the Times story involved the Court intervening to stay an EPA rule while a lower court was still adjudicating the issue.

More of this, less of bombing other countries (From @acyn.bsky.social )

“To say no to President Trump would be saying no to God.” Paula White, Trump’s Spiritual Advisor

Unfortunately, a very accurate representation of the state of the United States right now

I"n an updated statement, a spokesperson for the airport authority said the plane was screened "with negative results," and law enforcement cleared the scene. It was not immediately clear what officers were screening for or what the "reported threat" was." www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...

They fear Gender Studies because it unapologetically exposes the real reasons why all of these middle-aged men would indignantly wear clown shoes solely for the approval of other men.

Only the New York Times, run by a fourth-generation nepo baby for an imagined audience of other elites with Roman numerals after their names, could treat such a small-bore common-sense tax proposal as the peak sign of a class war. If this is the peak of the "anti-rich current," they'll be lucky.

Nadia refused a prison kitchen shift in Colorado. So she was locked in solitary for 30 days. Colorado voters banned prison slavery in 2018. But it continued. This year, a judge ordered the state to stop locking people in solitary for refusing to work.

This is a really important point. It’s become clear that many of the conservative justices are as terminally Fox-brained as any garden variety red-hatted rube.

i'm pretty sure this is the literal nightmare of every suburban republican

I feel like "anti rich current reaches crescendo" is when the guillotine operators are getting OT not when you find a way to levy a new small tax on an undertaxed upper class

DON'T COME HERE.

 They kidnap people off the streets & throw them in filthy holes. They don’t care who you are.

 They don't care if you're white, either, if you think that'll save you.

 They have quotas. (It’s all about money.) THE US IS NOT SAFE.

 STAY AWAY. news.sky.com/story/englan...

April Wilkens has spent 27 years behind bars for killing her ex-fiancé — after years of abuse, stalking and calls to the police that went nowhere. Her story underscores a legal experiment in Oklahoma, where a new law called the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act offers prisoners like her a chance at freedom.

Reportedly, Trump convened a situation room meeting on the negotiations with Iran with Vance, Rubio, Hegseth, Wiles, Ratcliffe, Bessent, Witkoff.

It’s as if the Iran war was fought to sustain the Russian economy. Lifting sanctions for Russians does nothing for Americans. It just makes it easier for Russia to continue its war in Ukraine.

If Mamdani and Obama singing The Wheels On The Bus with a group of tiny kids doesn't spark some sort of joy in you, I've got nothing for you.

I have no idea why this event exists. IMO, the purpose of journalism is to interrogate power, not schmooze with it

NASA and Mamdani are proving that Americans are desperate to see their money spent in ways they feel good about. This, however, is not the same thing as simply spending the money on things we would feel good about but never know happened. People need to be able to see it.

It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

After advancements in gene editing led to the successful treatment of life-threatening health conditions, some tech bros are considering a new application for the controversial science: making super-smart babies to save the world from dangerously capable AI.

Patel’s lawyer’s letter says the original Atlantic story claimed they requested a battering ram because Patel was unresponsive *at FBI HQ.* (The final printed story did not say where he was unresponsive.) Can you imagine the FBI battering down their own office doors to reach a drunken FBI Director?

Tankers in the Gulf came under fire on Saturday as Iran reimposed its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, just hours after declaring the vital waterway had reopened to commercial traffic. At least two vessels reported being struck by gunfire as they tried to cross the strait.

All this really indicates to me is that brands have way too much money www.reuters.com/markets/on-t...

Sean Hannity, the Fred Flintstone of shameless propaganda, has declared he will no longer be a Catholic because he worships Donald Trump—and the money it brings in—more. Sean had to declare publicly that he will no longer be following his faith—because how else would anyone be able to tell?

How about this? Instead of threatening to hold Pam Bondi in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about Epstein, just fucking do it already.

I'm not sure which planet he's talking about but it's not Earth.